“Journalism is literature in a hurry.” ― Matthew Arnold​

Atina Dimitrova

I am studying Journalism at City University London. I have two published novels in Bulgarian - "The Syndrome of the Naive Prey" (at the age of 16) and "The Nectar of Immortality" (at the age of 18). The plots are about travelling, exploring different cultures and historic events.

I have published many essays, short stories and poems on a variety of platforms. Most of them are part of national and international newspapers and magazines in their print and digital editions. One of my essays was presented in the Bulgarian Parliament as a source of ideas how our country might achieve a better record internationally.

I have won prizes with some of my essays in competitions, organised by universities, banks etc.

I have been part of a variety of radio and TV programmes in Bulgaria, mainly because of the topics covered in the novels.

Photography lover. Posting photos from a variety of countries. A vehement desire to capture every experience. Interested in landscape, street, portrait etc. photography.

---Examples of what I have done so far:

- Reporter for the London-based newspaper St John's St News

- Internship at "Huck" magazine - 3 published pieces

- Internship at the Bulgarian International TV - working as the news producers' assistant and a reporter - done 3 video packages broadcast in Bulgaria and the United States

- Internship at the Bulgarian National Radio (both in the Bulgarian and the English services) – working as an editorial assistant, a reporter, a radio presenter, a translator of news stories and features from Bulgarian to English and a social media manager

​Literature Contests and Conferences:- Local Essay Contest “The library – a portal to the future” – Second Place – 05/2015- Literature Conference “Fear and Courage in Bulgarian Literature” - Participation 03/2014 – Organised by The St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo; The mark received on my essay might have been used instead of an entrance examination for the same university.- National Essay Contest “Chemistry in the World Around Us” - Second Place (twice) - 05/2012 and 05/2011 – Organised by University of Chemical Technology And Metallurgy- Local Essay Contest “My School” - First Prize – 11/2011- International Essay Contest “My Place in Europe” – Third Prize – 2010

Writing and Photography

"If you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand total of 3,900 books, a little over one-tenth of 1 percent of the books currently in print." - Lewis Buzbee

“When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” - Robert Frank

"Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second." - Marc Riboud